Symptom spotting in newborn

Is anyone else absolutely paranoid about their new baby?
Mine is very sleepy, and was quite floppy when born. She does have a heart condition and needs to get her eyes checked, but at the moment I'm putting 2+2 and coming up with various diseases and syndromes that she might have.
I'm not able to enjoy the newborn stage as convinced every head wobble and eye jerk is significant of some serious disease. The midwives and health visitor do their best to reassure me, and I try not to google, but I'm so stressed about it. Just want to enjoy her. 😞

Various health checks and appointments are coming up over next few weeks so will know more then. I can't stop crying and it's stopping me getting out and about.

Comments (4)

Stop googling! I should take my own advice, I know how easy it is to google something and jump to conclusions, but you really should stop. Newborns are very sleepy, my 2 week old sleeps for England (during the day!) I’m sure everything is fine, try to stay positive until you know for sure and take in these precious newborn moments x

Stop googling! I should take my own advice, I know how easy it is to google s...

Posted
24/04/2018

Stop googling! I should take my own advice, I know how easy it is to google something and jump to conclusions, but you really should stop. Newborns are very sleepy, my 2 week old sleeps for England (during the day!) I’m sure everything is fine, try to stay positive until you know for sure and take in these precious newborn moments x

Thanks for replying, my OH is mad st me for googling too, i can't help ...

Posted
24/04/2018

Thanks for replying, my OH is mad st me for googling too, i can't help it!
It's so hard to take your own advice on things, sleep deprivation not helping either. 😬.

Sleep deprivation and hormones can make you think the worst, it’s really hard, but I’m sure lo is fine. Sending you lots of positive vibes. Enjoy the newborn squishy cuddles and don’t trust anything that google tells you 😃

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